Saturday, February 18, 2017

Orphan Train rides into town - First Friday - March 3 at 7pm


Riders on the Orphan Train - Child Emigrants to New Mexico
 is coming to the Capitan Public Library for the First Friday Program on 
March 3 at 7 pm.   Funded by the New Mexico Humanities Council, this program
 is the official touring outreach program from The National Orphan Train Complex
 Museum and Research Center in Concordia, Kansas.  

The subject of the Orphan Trains is an eleventh hour situation as the last few survivors
 of the 250,000 orphans and unwanted children that were “placed out” are now reaching
 the end of their lives. Of particular interest to the New Mexico audience will be the 
discovery of the part this state played in the “placing out” movement. In 1904, several 
children came to Clayton and Des Moines from the New York Foundling Hospital and
 additional placements occurred in San Jon soon after. We are hoping to discover new
 stories of Riders who came to New Mexico and want to especially invite any 
descendants to the presentation to share family stories.

This historical presentation is designed to inform, entertain, and move audiences of all origins and ages. It combines storytelling, music, video with archival photographs and contemporary interviews of survivors, and informal discussion with a question and answer period to bring awareness about this little-known chapter of the largest child 
migration in history. 

In 1853, Methodist minister Charles Loring Brace was shocked at the number 
of homeless children he found in the streets of New York. He founded The Children’s
 Aid Society that  year and between 1854 and 1929 sent out over 250,000 orphans 
and “surrendered” children  of single parents. These children found homes in every
 state  in the continental United States.

Beginning in 1863, the Sisters of Charity of the New York Foundling Hospital 
also sent out children, specifically to Catholic families that requested them
 through their local priest.  Until a PBS documentary in 1995, this subject was 
largely unknown and is still not included in history books. 


This presentation was originally created by novelist/humanities scholar Alison Moore
 and musician/ producer Phil Lancaster as an outreach program for the Orphan 
Train Heritage Society of America, Inc. The two are now based in Austin, TX,
 and have been  touring the U.S. since 1998; this is their fourth tour
 New Mexico for presentations in museums and libraries.

Alison Moore's historical novel, Riders on the Orphan Train written with
 a fellowship from The National Endowments for the Arts will be 
available for purchase at the March 3 presentation. 

 In 2012, Moore and Lancaster were awarded the Charles Loring
 Brace Award for their contributions to raising awareness
 about the Orphan Train movement.

See more information go to  www.ridersontheorphantrain.org 
After the program, refreshments will be provided.

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Snowy Sunday quilt day at the library

Wanda Polhemus's quilt that she made.  She still hand stitches all her quilts.

Pat Garrett's pink quilt and George Shaffer's star quilt
Lynn Jeffery - quilt made for her after all of her quilts burned in a house fire.

Mary English's butterfly applique quilt

Molly Masen's quilt.  Wanda helping by holding.

Many quilts came out on Feb 12 program with Marlene Siepel


Donna Clarke shows her mother's quilt
Donna's mother - Diane examines other quilts


Nature scenes embroidery on quilt

Learned that you should always bring a picture of the quilt maker.

George Shaffers's heritage quilt.


Marlene Siepel, shows an "ugly" utility quilt that she saved from dirt & mildew by washing with Woolite in a tub using her feet to squish out the dirt, then dried by spreading it out on a sheet in the yard (but not too long in the sun!)  Never machine wash or dry clean a heritage quilt because the harsh treatment could break the threads. Assisting in holding up quilts is tall Paul Durham.


Pat Durham won the door prize quilt hand pieced by former residents of the Sunny Quilters at Sunshine Haven nursing home in Lordsburg, NM, and machine quilted by volunteers.

Sunday, February 12, 2017

Creative Aging

Chief Hooker of the Ruidoso Police is our speaker for Creative Aging Monthly Meeting on
 Friday February17, at 10:00am ENMU #115. All are welcome.

Chief Hooker will address scams and other fraudulent behaviors that appear to specifically target older adults.  There will be time for questions on any subjects related to safety and our police presence.   A second guest who is new to our area from Aging and Long Term Services will also be present and will answer questions concerning different health insurance plans. Elizabeth Sanchez, headquartered in Roswell, is the Regional \ State Health Insurance Program Coordinator.  Clara Farah, 575.973.7835. clrfarah@gmail.com

Program Schedule for rest of 2017

First Fridays 7pm:                                                             Social Sundays 2pm:

Mar 4thOrphan Train




Mar-12Doodling with Catherine Alred -  doodle class
April 7Underground ranger Douglas Thompson




April 23                                             Attracting Mason Bees to your garden  w/ Imelda Horne
May 6thPlant Sale on a Saturday 8 am





 Hands on - make a beehive
Jun-02Chautauqua:Billie Holiday (to be confirmed)






July 4thHOT DOG SALE




Summer-TBADavid Higgins History of Money 90 min presentation
Jul-07Open date




                
Aug4Chautauqua: Dale Evans - Kay Kuhlmann






Sept 1Open date






Oct-06Donna Birchell - Wicked Women of NM 






Nov 03    Hopefuls-music






Dec 2HOLIDAY BAZAAR on a Saturday 8am






Monday, February 6, 2017

BookTalkers - Feb 12 @ 3pm

Join us at the library 
for our second Sunday 
afternoon BookTalkers 
program. Refreshments 
afterwards.
 
On Sunday, Feb 12,at 3 pm 
Marlene Siepel, will tell us
 of  the  inception of an idea
 that  grew into a 5-year 
display of historical quilts and 
then into an actual book.

Marlene Siepel



Marlene Siepel was the library director at the Lordsburg Hidalgo Library in 2007
when the idea that a quilt show would be an excellent way to show pioneer women's contribution to the settling and homesteading of Hidalgo County.
Volunteers worked on the getting people to show their quilts and interviewed the 
quilt owners,  or if possible, the quilt maker.  The original requirement was that the
quilter had a family member connection to a resident of Hidalgo County.  
Hand-sewn quilts of original homesteaders to Hidalgo County came out of cedar chests
Siepel explains in a Hidalgo County Herald article,  
"Many of the women led homesteader lives in the unsettled territory or 
early statehood days of Southwest New Mexico.  A number of women
continued quilting through the Great Depression and WorldWar II.  Their biographical histories give a picturesque description of the lives 
they led and offers genealogical information for their families. Some
women were able to give their own first account information for the biographies.  All information is authentic and an important part
of New Mexico History."
 
The 2-day quilt show continued to happen for five years, 
2007 to 2012, with a total of 350 quilts & hand-work pieces displayed over the years.  Biographies of each quilter was shown with the display.  The quilts became a genealogical journey for Hidalgo County.




Ladies of the "Boot Heel" - Their Stories with Quilts highlights 107 quilts pictures with 
biographies of their makers. Books will be for sale with proceeds going to the Friends
 of the Lordsburg Hidalgo Library.

The Heritage Quilt show and the followup book came about through a cooperative
effort of many individual volunteers, the community & organizations, including:
  • The Lordsburg Hidalgo Library, 
  • Lordsburg Hidalgo Chamber of Commerce,
  • Lordsburg Hidalgo County Museum, 
  • Lordsburg County Herald, 
  • NMSU Hidalgo County Extensive Service,
  • City of Lordsburg, Hidalgo County,
  • and Hidalgo County Tourism.

This small spark of an idea to give women pioneers a place in at annual community
event  grew because community groups and individuals were able to join hands and
make it happen.  Yet the best outcome of the effort was important
oral history was documented and saved for  eternity. 
Siepel was the library director at Lordsburg Hidalgo Library for 27 years. 
Her husband, Charlie, is Professor Emeritus for the N M Cooperative
Extension Service at NMSU.   He retired  as the Southwest District
Director  for the NM Cooperative  Extension Service when they moved
Lincoln County in 2014. Siepel  currently teaches line dance at the
Capitan Senior Center &  Canaan Trail  Baptist Church.  

If you have a heritage hand-sewn quilt, bring it to Capitan Public Library Booktalkers program on Sunday, Feb 12, at 3pm.  The audience will have their own brief journey through quilts to pay tribute to our mothers, grandmothers, aunts and sisters who passed down family quilts to us! The quilt tells the story.
(Shown quilts were made by Sharon Stewart's maternal grandmother from Fairy/Cransfil Gap, TX)


 

Spiri program of most interest on Feb 3

Jim Spiri kept Capitan Public Library audience spellbound with his story of following his life goal to be an on-the-ground  war photojournalist.  Spiri continues his journalistic endeavors by publishing a new local newspaper, Lincoln County Leader.  jimspiri@gmail.com
Captive audience at Spri program last Friday.
They really do look like captives between bookshelves on either side!

Monday, January 30, 2017

Oodles of Doodles - Catherine Alred

 The current art on display at the Capitan Public Library is 
Oodles of Doodles by Catherine Alred.  Artwork is for sale, as well as bookmarks and packaged note cards with pens.
 Join us Sunday afternoon, March 12 at 2 pm for a doodle class with Catherine.  She'll bring the supplies, we just need to bring our creativity.  Refreshments served afterwards.  We'll take that time to admire each others' doodles.


Ruidoso resident, Catherine Alred, has been doodling as far back as she can 
remember. As a child she always was 
coloring and drawing. Recalling one of her
 earliest works,  she described a piece she created 
when she was 10 years old.  “I just decided to try to
 doodle an actual ‘thing’ and spent hours and
 hours drawing a large  abstract bird. It’s very interesting to study it now and realize how much my doodling has evolved over the decades." 

Catherine’s doodles, however, are not quite the kind of doodles one would
expect when observing someone idly drawing. Catherine’s doodles are
very detailed and intricate. She further illustrates by saying, “My doodles are just a result of me taking a pen or pencil for a walk. 
I don’t plan the design; it just evolves.”

People seeing her work for the first time are
 often in disbelief and ask,
 “Did you really do that?”  
The fanciful lines, dots, and curls are executed
 in such  precision that people often wonder if a  computer produced them.

The vast majority of her work is free form. 
“Just doodling in a random,  free form way is my
 favorite way of doodling, but I’ve also doodled 
initials, butterflies, paisleys, initials, birds, etc.” 

Although she always keeps a sketchpad nearby, at times no piece of paper 
is safe from her pen. Her doodling can be found on magazine pages, 
calendars, concert programs, and even grocery lists.  Noting that she 
often cannot restrain herself from picking up a pen and starting a new piece, she added, “Doodling is very relaxing to me. I go into a calm,
 meditative state.”
Doodling is more than just an artistic endeavor. 
“It helps me concentrate.
I’ve always doodled in meetings and lectures. 
Doodling helps me be a good listener.” 

 She noted the findings of a British psychologist:
“Doodling or scribbling during meetings or class can improve content 
memory by 29%.” 
“That definitely applies to me. Doodles are in the margins 
of practically  every set of class notes I ever took in college. Give me a handout or an 
agenda at a meeting and I will doodle all over it.”


She has even incorporated her doodles into her love  of working with textiles. "I enlarged one of my doodles and transferred it to fabric.  Using contrasting fabrics, beads, and metallic threads, I embroidered the doodle on a throw pillow." 

She particularly enjoys sharing her work with others.  "I've incorporated my doodles into all sorts of items: bookmarks, note cards, decoupage boxes, framed pieces, even mugs and coasters," she says.
  
After graduating from Angelo State University with an English major and art minor, Catherine earned a master’s degree in educational administration 
from Sul Ross University. She pursued her career in education 
in West Texas prior to moving to Ruidoso in 2010 with her husband, 
Dr. Clayton Alred, ENMU-Ruidoso president.                


Her emphasis on art has always been prominent in her positions.
 “I found it such a pleasure to actually teach the art of  doodling to a large group of kindergarten children. It was amazing to see how young children quickly caught on and produced amazing drawings.”

(the above article is paraphrased from a 2012 article in the Ruidoso News)

The value of the doodle


Sunni Brown, author of The Doodle Revolution, writes, "Our culture is so intensely focused on verbal communications, that we're almost blinded to the value of doodling. Doodling has a profound impact on the way that we can process information and the way that we can solve problems." Doodling facilitates learning.

An article published in TIME magazine some years ago lauded the value of doodling. It recalled an experiment in which forty individuals were asked to listen to a monologue. The speaker talked about a number of seemingly random things, but included lists of places and names. Half of the study participants were asked to doodle as they listened. The other half simply listened. Afterward, participants were asked to recall the names and places named in the recording. The results? The doodlers remembered almost 30 percent more of the requested information than the non-doodlers did.

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Creative Aging’s Outreach programs: Lincoln County Medical Center’s Capitan Clinics - Jan 30 3-5pm


Creative Aging and the Capitan Library wish to invite you to an informal discussion on the Lincoln County Medical Center’s clinics in Lincoln County with a specific focus on the Capitan Clinic.

Monday, January 30th from 3 to 5pm at the Capitan Library where speaker, Terry Riehl, who is the Practice Administrator, LCMC Medical Complex, will discuss the current operation of the clinic and the vision for its future. 

This is a follow session to Creative Aging’s Outreach programs, held most recently in Capitan in December. At this session there were many questions pertaining to access to the clinic operations.

Come with questions or just wanting to obtain more information about the clinic.
Bring friends and family.
 Refreshments will be served and friendships will be preserved!

Questions, call Clara Farah, Creative Aging at 575.973.7835, or clrfarah@gmail.com
Or Pat Garrett, Capitan Library, 575.354.3035.

Monday, January 16, 2017

February First Friday - War Zone Photojournalist

Join us February 3 at 7pm for CPL First Friday program with Jim Spiri

Spiri tells of his experiences as a photojournalist in war torn countries.   His website explains it better:

Jim Spiri was on the journey called, "The Last Lap". He was on his own among the local people in Iraq reporting in the same fashion as those before him in previous wars, such as Ernie Pyle and Joe Galloway. The photos & journals on his website, http://www.jimspiri.com/ , are of Spiri in 1988 in El Salvador and 27 years later as he left for Iraq from Albuquerque. 

Spiri in El Salvadore in 1988
Spiri leaving for Iraq in 2015

Learn of his true and ground level journey in Iraq during the most volatile time in the  country's history.  Spiri was the only American journalist to do  this type of reporting.  No others are willing to tell the story that needs to be told.

Spiri recently moved to Lincoln from Albuquerque.  He has started a NEW newspaper for our area: Lincoln County Leader.

Come hear his story Friday, Feb 3, at 7 pm at the Capitan Public Library at 
101 E. Second St.
Refreshments following the program.

To learn more visit Spiri's 
website at http://www.jimspiri.com/

TAX Time again

AARP will be doing taxes at the library on February 20 and March 20.  Times to be determined.  Come by or call CPL, 575-354-3035, to get your name on the list. You need to pick up paperwork that must be fill out and presented to your tax preparer when you get your taxes done.

Get eBooks at no cost

To All Capitan Public Library Patrons:
If you are an eBook reader, you can now sign up through Ruidoso Public Library and check out
e-books:
This is the process:
1. Visit the Ruidoso Public Library
2. Bring with you a photo ID and a piece of information that contains your physical address (example insurance bill/card, utility bill, vehicle registration, etc.)
You will receive a patron card from Ruidoso Public Library and you give them a pin number. You will be able to download your book selections online – no need to physically visit the library.
If you have questions, talk to Sharon, Pat, Barbara. Kris or Debbie at CPL.

Mentoring meeting Jan 18 - help create positive change for the next generation